Posted on 06/08/2011 4:28:46 PM PDT by PROCON
Live eco-conscious, die eco-conscious. People who drive hybrid cars, recycle, compost and eat vegetarian are showing increased interest in leaving this world in an equally Earth-friendly way: a green burial.
Baby boomers who define themselves as environmentalists dont want to go out with a final act of pollution, says Joe Sehee, executive director of the Green Burial Council, headquartered in Santa Fe, N.M. A lot of people find solace in returning to the earth naturally."
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LOL....a photo is worth a thousand laughs....
Now we just need Corzine scolding the bear belly for feedig the bear.
“The truth is these green burials are cheap, cheap, cheap.”
My brother requested a “natural burial”. I didn’t believe that NY would even ALLOW such a thing, but there are a few natural burial cemeteries here.
The closest I found to him was in Ithaca (Cornell - go figure), so I pre-arranged it all for him.
When I first made the arrangements, the place had only been operating about a year. Plots were $500. I think opening/closing was the same amount (if you couldn’t dig the hole yourselves, which IS allowed). By the time he croaked, less than nine months later, the price had nearly doubled! You see, they started to get popular, directors saw the opportunity, and bounced the price.
So, it was still a bargain. They have strict rules. If you want a box burial, it can have NO junk-it must be built all of wood, no varnish, metal, etc. His children decided to bury him in a casket, and to my surprise the only one that fit the specs was really nice. It was plain, but for some reason, it just looked “better” to all of us than the traditional ones.
We had a large flat stone that we had dug from our garden the year before, that is his grave-marker.
The men of the family lowered him into the grave with ropes. And I have to say, it was a much nicer and more personal experience than I expected - much better than the usual commercial funeral and burial that we have become accustomed to.
When I go I want to be cremated and then dumped into the ventilation system at the dhimmicratic convention - I love getting under their skin ;-)
All I have is the image [no link]:
Don't forget the funny coffins of Ghana...
Don’t get me started pal about anyone taking care of me. I’d just as sure stop all SS/Medicare payments.
Please tell me when I have to stop paying the 15 percent self employment tax too?
Let everyone die as far as I’m concerned. REALLY! NO, REALLY!
I am over the whole damned thing!
You live, have a family, provide for yourself. Period. If not? Go out in your backyard and commit suicide. Think I’m kidding?
Thank you! You’re a genius! I couldn’t find that!
I'm a bit fed up too. I can't walk due to a long ago injury. I don't collect a dime for my disability. Never thought I should. Meanwhile, turds get handicapped parking spaces, money you and I pay into the system and voting privileges.
I am sitting on one hip as we type. This whole thing sucks!
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